Follow RT on America’s Department of Defense has rejected suggestions that Serbia, a nation Washington considers to be a partner, is guilty of fraternizing with ‘the enemy’ after staging a series of military drills alongside Russian forces.
Speaking to journalists at a press briefing on Wednesday, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby was asked about the exercises, which saw elite Russian troops training with their counterparts in the Balkan nation. The wargames coincided with colossal US Army-led drills, dubbed Defender-Europe 2021, held across the continent.
One reporter pointed out that Serbia is a member of NATO’s Partnership for Peace program, designed to bolster bilateral relations between the bloc and other European countries. Describing NATO as
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